PRINTER'S NO. 968
No. 858 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY LIVENGOOD, LETTERMAN AND CLARK, APRIL 26, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 26, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581),
2 entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending
3 and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," further
4 providing for insurance for former employees.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1202(37) of the act of February 1, 1966
8 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, is amended
9 to read:
10 Section 1202. Specific Powers.--The powers of the borough
11 shall be vested in the corporate authorities. Among the specific
12 powers of the borough shall be the following, and in the
13 exercise of any of such powers involving the enactment of any
14 ordinance or the making of any regulation, restriction or
15 prohibition, the borough may provide for the enforcement thereof
16 and may prescribe penalties for the violation thereof or for the
17 failure to conform thereto:
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1 (37) Other insurance. To appropriate such amount as may be
2 necessary to secure insurance or compensation for volunteer
3 firemen of companies duly recognized by the borough, by motion
4 or resolution, killed or injured while going to, returning from,
5 or attending fires, or while performing their duties as special
6 fire police. To make contracts of insurance with any insurance
7 company, association or exchange, authorized to transact
8 business in the Commonwealth, insuring borough employes, or any
9 class, or classes thereof, or their dependents, under a policy
10 or policies of insurance covering life, health, hospitalization,
11 medical and surgical service and/or accident insurance, or
12 former borough employes who have been retired by reason of age
13 or disability under a policy or policies of group insurance only
14 for health, hospitalization, medical and surgical service and to
15 contract with any such company, granting annuities or pensions,
16 for the pensioning of borough employes, or any class, or classes
17 thereof, and to agree to pay part or all of the premiums or
18 charges for carrying such contracts, and to appropriate moneys
19 from the borough treasury for such purposes. To make contracts
20 with any insurance company, association or exchange, authorized
21 to transact business in this Commonwealth, insuring any public
22 liability of the borough, and to appropriate moneys from the
23 borough treasury for such purpose.
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25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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